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Drilling Machine.

No. 234,603. Patented Nov. I6, 1880.

IN VENTOR f WM ATTORNEYS.

Nrrn' warns THEODORE NAISH, OF BIRMINGHAM, COUNTY OF WARWICK, ENGLAND.

DRILLING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 234,603, dated November16, 1880. Application filed August 30, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE NAISH, of Birmingham, in the county ofWarwick, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement inDrilling-lllachines; and I do hereby declare that the following; is afull, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to an improved variable feed for rock and otherdrills. I employ two friction-disks, connected respectively with a shaftand the drill, which are arranged at right angles to each other, theedge of one disk working in frictional contact with the face of theother, but made adjustable along its shaft to vary its distance from thedrill,

so as to vary the rapidity of motion of the driven wheel.

In accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improveddrilling-machine. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line av 90, Fig. showingthe shipping-lever.

The shaft A is caused to revolve by apulley fixed on it. By itsrevolution it turns the two miter-wheels B and O. O has a long boss, 0,inside of which is a feather working in a slot in the drill-spindle D,so that the said spindle is caused to revolve with C, but is able tomove lengthwise therein. All this is of the ordinary construction.

E represents the frame of the machine. 011

- the shaft A is a disk or wheel, F, which is compelled to revolve withthe shaft A by a feather, F, and a slot, but movable lengthwise of thatshaft. The periphery of the disk or wheel F rotates in contact with theface of the disk or wheel G and causes it (G) to revolve. The disk orwheel G has a boss, G, inside of which afemale screw is cut, and thisisthreaded onto the male screw cut on the drill-spindle D.

The action is as follows: The shaft A, revolving in the direction of thearrow, sets the drill-spindle D in motion. It (A) also rotates the diskor wheel F. Assuming the thread on the top of the drill-spindle D to berighthanded, it the contact of F and G be at the point H, where the twodiameters of F and, G are equal no vertical movement of thedrill-spindle will result, because for every one revolution of thedrill-spindle D the disk or wheel G will also make one revolution. If,however, the disk or wheel F be moved along the shaft A by means of thelever I to a greater distance than H from the axis of the disk or wheelG, so that the circumference or circle of contact with G is greater thanthe circumference of F, the disk or wheel G will rotate slower than thedrill-spindle D, which, by the rotation of its screw in G, will haveimparted to it a downward or feeding motion. On the other hand, if thecontact of F and G be at some point between H and the axis of G, thedisk or wheel G will be caused to revolve faster than the drill-spindleD and cause ascension or return movement of that spindle. thus takingoff the feed and lifting the spindle to any required position.

The form, arrangement, and dimensions of the apparatus may obviously bevaried to suit circumstances without departure from the es sentialcharacteristics of myinveution. Thus, by way of example, I may mentionthat the shaft A may be caused to revolve in an opposite direction tothat above indicated, or the screw on the spindle D may be a left-handedone, and so on.

What I claim as new is 1. In a drilling-machine, the combination, with adrill-spindle and a driving-shaft geared together, of the friction-diskG and wheel F, working in frictional contact, the latter revolving withbut adapted to slide lengthwise on said driving-shaft, all as shown anddescribed.

2. In a drilling-machine, the arrangement, in combination with a shaft,A, miter-wheels B O, and a (lrillspindle, D, of a disk or wheel, F,keyed on the said shaft A, and another disk or wheel, G,having anenlargement or boss, G, with a female screw-thread, in which fits acorresponding screw on the drill-spindle D, all substantially asdescribed, for the purposes specified.

THEODORE NAISH.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM PIERCE, JOHN FrrzsrMoNs.

